Posts Tagged ‘Aung San Suu Kyi’

EU sanctions judiciary over Suu Kyi verdict

August 13th, 2009

The European Union has announced it is extending its sanctions on Burma to cover members of the judiciary responsible for the verdict in the trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Read more here

Aung San Suu Kyi to appeal

August 12th, 2009

Aung San Suu Kyi’s lawyers have told the BBC’s Burmese Service they plan to appeal after she was found guilty on Tuesday of breaking the terms of her house arrest that condemnation from nations including the UK, France and the US. A key group of Burma’s South East Asian neighbours has issued a rare statement condemning the conviction. In the past the Asean group has been criticised for not taking a tougher stance on Burma’s human rights record. Read more here

The trial of Senior General Than Shwe

August 11th, 2009

aung_san_suu_kyiAung San Suu Kyi could be the Burmese regime’s greatest ally. The sentence today signals a missed opportunity as well as a travesty of justice, says Maung Zarni (more…)

Aung San Suu Kyi found guilty

August 11th, 2009

Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been found guilty and sentenced to an additional 18 months house arrest by a court in Rangoon. Suu Kyi was convicted of violating state security laws by allowing a US national into her lakeside home after. She was jailed for three years with hard labour, but this was commuted to house arrest, an official said. American John Yettaw was jailed for seven years, four with hard labour. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has described the trial as a sham. Read more here

Verdict delayed in Suu Kyi trial

July 31st, 2009

A court in Burma has postponed delivering its verdict in the trial of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi until 11 August. The judges said they needed more time to review the case, according to Western diplomats in Rangoon. Read more here

Lawyers barred from seeing Suu Kyi

July 22nd, 2009

Aung San Suu Kyi’s lawyer and his team have been denied access to her, two days before her trial on charges of breaking the terms of her house arrest is due to resume. Her legal team is expected to present closing arguments in the case on 24 July, with a verdict expected shortly afterwards. If convicted, she faces up to five years in jail. Read more here

Burma to free political prisoners

July 14th, 2009

Burma is preparing to release political prisoners to allow them to take part in national elections next year. Burma’s UN envoy Than Swe did not say how many of the estimated 2,100 inmates would go free and did not mention if the jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, would be included. Read more here

Calls for Malaysia to release Burmese protesters

June 24th, 2009

Human Rights Watch has called for the district police in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia to free the 14 Burmese asylum seekers arrested on 19 June at a peaceful celebration of the 64th birthday of the Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Read more here